Rhode Island Statutes
§ 12-7-8 — § 12-7-8. Restraint and force used.
Rhode Island § 12-7-8
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Bluebook
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-8 (2026).
Text
§ 12-7-8. Restraint and force used.
No greater restraint than is necessary shall be used for the detention of any person, and no unnecessary or unreasonable force shall be used in making an arrest.
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Related
United States v. Francis J. McQueeney United States of America v. Richard Rodney Patterson
674 F.2d 109 (First Circuit, 1982)
Ferreira v. City of East Providence
568 F. Supp. 2d 197 (D. Rhode Island, 2008)
Segrain v. Coyne-Fague
(D. Rhode Island, 2023)
Legislative History
G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 68; P.L. 1941, ch. 982, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-7-8.
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Bluebook (online)
Rhode Island § 12-7-8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ri/12-7-8.